Music

Nice selection Winterland! I've found some various great shows on YouTube (in their entirety), from Pink Floyd to others.

saw this today and thought it mildly relevant:
Album covers as Animated Gifs

@ winterland speaking of Pink Floyd....There's a band local to me called Polka Floyd. They cover Floyd with a polka vibe, they're frickin awesome, try googling them

So music....I love it...I've held off on posting on here to this point because I could go on for hours about it. I'm a musician, have been since I was 10..played in bands...blah blah blah.

Anywho...I wanted to post this. Anybody who is a musician will really appreciate this and know that this guy has crazy talent. Hopefully you know the song he is covering because it will make it that much more enjoyable. Check this dude out.

lol...well, I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or serious?? But I'll assume the latter.

Did you check out the Dark Horse cover he does completely in the style of System of a Down? You would have to be a fan of or at least familiar with System of a Down to really appreciate it but it's sick.

Check it out;

Anthony Vincent is awesome, no doubt!



Ickes, what instrument(s) do you play?

I'm a former drummer (as in haven't picked up the sticks in quite some time)...but it's like riding a bike for me.

Cool, I play guitar too. Haven't played much for many years either - and, although it's like riding a bike in some ways, it would take me a few months of serious 12 hour days to get back to what I was "in my day".

Well, 2 guitarists and a drummer .... I see a band forming here

Ahhh. Finally checked out the second one and others. He really likes Katy as I see he does others styles of the song too. Anything Katy repels me for some reason. I can only watch a bit of those as they are kind of a novelty thing too.
I am more of a Shreds guy. I can watch them over and over and still laugh. It's all good. We all have different tastes.

I remember when the Shreds first came out and playing some of them for some great and prominent musicians while we were in the studio. Their reactions were great as they had never seen them before and couldn't understand what was going on at first. They always loved them. I always liked this Santana one.

Good idea, Winterland. I would not have thought to talk about music books in here.

This is my favorite book about music. It's also about the creative process, drugs, the uneasy relationship between money and art, racism, the Civil Rights movement, you name it. Art Taylor, one of the greatest jazz drummers who ever lived, collected a series of interviews with various other musicians over the course of his career, and he published 25-30 of the best ones in this book. It's packed with incredible insights into American and African American culture in the mid-20th century.

I generally despise re-reading books, but this is one of the few that I try to pull off the shelf about every five years or so. I read it for the first time when I was in high school, and I can honestly say it's one of those "change your life" books. Not just my favorite music book, but one of my favorites of any genre period. Definitely one of the most important. If I had my way, nobody would graduate from high school in this country without having read it.

Sad day for music...We have lost one of the great bassists' of all time Jack Bruce has passed away

I thought I would share this here. I usually end up writing about my experiences at concerts.

Still thinking about how great the Queensryche show was this Thursday night. I have been a fan since I first heard The Warning and Queensryche Ep. Then Rage for Order came out and it became one of my favorite albums and still is. Operation Mindcrime was released and Queensryche became a Headbangers ball staple on MTV back when they actually played music. Empire came out with hits like Silent Lucidity, Empire etc and they were one of the biggest bands around. They released more albums and released a new album in 2013.

I saw them open for Metallica at the Met Center 1989. I went to a record store signing and had my Mindcrime album signed but was stolen years later. I did see them a few years ago when they did their first gig with new singer Todd La Torre when QR parted ways with Geoff Tate. Geoff Tate has been know as one of the best voices in rock/metal. Replacing him seemed impossible. I couldn't believe what I heard hearing La Torre sing for the first time. It was like I was hearing Geoff Tate from albums.

Being able to see them up close in a smaller venue like the Medina was so cool. I have to say the Medina is not the best room with the low ceilings but the sound was great and you could see well if you were up front which I was. I was able to get passes for show through one of my best friends, thanks Lionel, who works with QR drummer Scott Rockenfield, one of the best rock drummers around, who also scores music for film.

I almost didn't get to go to the show as I was in the middle of recording a blues album with Bernard Allison but Bernard was cool with ending the session early for me to be able to go rock out.
The show was amazing. They played a setlist that spanned their whole discography. The crowd was very excited. A Queen tribute band Essential Queen opened the show but I missed it. I heard it was very good.

The whole band was perfectly tight. The sounds were all great. I love the great bass playing, drumming and guitar rhythms and harmony leads. Once again the vocals really blew me away. It was as if I was listening to the albums. Geoff Tate always had a unique voice and how another person can sing like that is just mind blowing. I know many in the crowd had not heard the new singer and people were very vocal about how they couldn't believe what they were hearing either.
They played a great set and the crowd including me didn't want to let them stop playing. I was happy though.

Seeing others enjoy music is such a joy. The feeling of everyone being like minded and tuning into the feelings of the musicians and song is a great thing.
Music is medicine for many of us and helps us get through our crazy lives. Seeing a person next to me with a huge smile with their eyes closed or sometimes a tear in the eye, really is beautiful.

Getting to hang out with the band after the show was a real treat. I had met them at the last show also. Still having them remember you and taking the time to hear from a fan gives you great respect for a band. They took the time to sign anything people had and take as many pictures as you wanted. A friend who went with was even drinking their booze after getting locked out of backstage because they went to get a beer first. Ha! Was a great night.

Queensryche setlist 10/24 Minneapolis
Nightrider
Breaking the Silence
Walk in the Shadows
The Whisper
En Force
Warning
X2
Where Dreams Go to Die
Guitar Solo
The Needle Lies
NM 156
The Lady Wore Black
My Empty Room
Eyes of a Stranger
Empire
Encore:
Queen of the Reich
Jet City Woman
Take Hold of the Flame